<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      type="topic" style="task"
      id="net-chat-social">
  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="net-chat"/>

    <revision version="13.10" date="2013-09-18" status="review"/>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>Ubuntu Documentation Team</name>
    </credit>

    <desc>Post to <em>Twitter</em>, <em>Facebook</em> and other social networking
      sites directly from your desktop</desc>
    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
  </info>

<title>Social networking from the desktop</title>

  <p>
    With Ubuntu you can post to your favorite social networking sites from your
    desktop. Ubuntu uses the <app>Friends</app> scope to allow you to
    organize your social networking sites in one place, and to post updates
    from the <gui>Me Menu</gui> without opening any website.
  </p>

  <p> 
    To set up your social networking accounts:
  </p>
  <steps>

    <item><p>
      Open the <link xref="unity-menubar-intro">System menu</link> on the right hand side of the menu bar and select "System Settings...".
    </p></item>

    <item><p>
      Choose <gui>Online accounts</gui>
    </p></item>

    <item><p>
      Choose the social networking site you want to set up and click <gui>Add Account...</gui>
    </p></item>

    <item><p>
      Click <gui>Authorize</gui> and insert your account settings for that site,
      and follow the instructions
    </p></item>

  </steps>

  <p>
    You can now view your social networking messages from the <link xref="unity-menubar-intro">
    Messaging menu</link> 
    on the right hand side of the menu bar, in the <gui>Broadcast</gui> section.
    Click on any of the items in that section to open <gui>Friends</gui> scope
    and to read or post messages to your social network.
  </p>

</page>
